For the teachers/course leaders, I would heartily recommend they read Teaching in the Field: Working With Students in the Outdoor Classroom. The essays contained within are terrific accounts of the benefits and some of the pitfalls of teaching in wild settings. The classes are college-level and the essays are written by a wide variety of teachers. I wonder if the class would consider adding journaling to the curriculum? If so, there are a number of "how to" books out there, from Clare Leslie Walker's books to Wild Days and others. I'm sure that Emerson, Whitman, Thoreau and Dickinson will be suggested, so I won't go there. I will post others as I think of them, though.
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